Alepidea

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Alepidea
Flowerheads from above of the umbellifer species "Alepidea masaica", photographed along the Chogoria route, Mount Kenya, at approximately 3000 m altitude
Flowerheads from above of the umbellifer species Alepidea masaica, photographed along the Chogoria route, Mount Kenya, at approximately 3000 m altitude
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Alepidea
F.Delaroche
Species

Alepidea is a genus of about twenty species in the botanical family Apiaceae, all of which are endemic to Africa. They occur mainly in southern Africa,[1] but can be found as far north as Ethiopia.

References

  1. ^ de Castro, A.; van Wyk, B. -E. (1994-12-01). "Diagnostic characters and geographic distribution of Alepidea species used in traditional medicine". South African Journal of Botany. 60 (6): 345–350. doi:10.1016/S0254-6299(16)30590-7. ISSN 0254-6299.

External sources